Letters sent to Marcel Lecomte; 1950-1953.

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Letters sent to Marcel Lecomte; 1950-1953.

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Collection includes 11 letters and 4 postcards from René Magritte to Marcel Lecomte; 1 annotated typescript Variantes de la Tristesse by Magritte; 1 manuscript note signed by Marcel Lecomte; 1 piece of ephemera inscribed Magritte / Marcel Lecomte; and 1 photograph of Magritte, inscribed and signed on the verso. In one letter (July 1953), Magritte discusses Manet's painting La Bar de Folies Bergère and his use of composition, mirrors, reflection, and trompe l'oeil.

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Lecomte, Marcel

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Magritte, René, 1898-1967

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Belgian artist, one of the most prominent Surrealist painters. From the description of René Magritte correspondence with Paul Colinet, circa 1934-1959. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 681408858 Belgian painter. From the description of René Magritte papers, 1919-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79260647 From the description of Letters to Guy Rosey, 1963-1966. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79598148 ...